Cameras

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Camera are an easy additional to a node, and is often the first thing a node owner will add. Some camera have lots of experienced and helpful users; other are more experimental.

Camera pages

Recommended Cameras

The recommended cameras are easy to setup, and require no extra software to access from the mesh.

Ubiquiti Camera G3 Bullet

One of the easier camera to start with, supporting the same passive PoE voltage as the nodes, so can be plugged into the same power injectors or into the auxiliary ethernet port found on some nodes.

Ubiquiti Camera G4 Bullet

A higher resolution version of the G3 bullet, but requires 802.3af PoE (not the passive PoE used by most nodes).

Other Cameras

Other cameras that can be used, but require extra software before they can be viewed on the mesh.

Amcrest UltraHD 5MP Outdoor POE Camera

Amcrest make rugged, cheap, security cameras.They require 12V external or 12V passive POE (most nodes use 24V POE, so beware). They don't provide a public snapshot page, but you can add this by installing software on one of your nodes from here.

Ricoh Theta SC2 (360° Camera)

Ricoh Theta are a range of 360° degree camera which create a merged image from two fish eye lenses. The image cannot be directly displayed from the camera onto the mesh and require some addition web-based viewing software running on a Raspberry Pi.